Earth's Sphere Interactions

Includes living plants and animals

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Includes only non-living soil, rocks, and minerals

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Includes rivers, lakes, oceans, and glaciers

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Includes all the gases on Earth

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Name the two spheres that are most closely involved with the scenario.

1. Humans harness energy from the water by having it spin turbines to produce electricity.

• Atmo

• Geo

• Bio

• Hydro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Name the spheres that are most closely involved with the scenario.

1. Plants draw water and nutrients from the soil and release water vapor into the atmosphere. 

• Atmo

• Geo

• Bio

• Hydro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Name the spheres that are most closely involved with the scenario.

1. A penguin finishes hunting for a fish and stands on a rock.

• Atmo

• Geo

• Bio

• Hydro

Name the spheres that are most closely involved with the scenario.

1. Lava from a volcano has destroyed a forest.

• Atmo

• Geo

• Bio

• Hydro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Name the spheres that are most closely involved with the scenario.

1. A severe rain storm is causing the Mississippi to flood its banks.

• Atmo

• Geo

• Bio

• Hydro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Name the spheres that are most closely involved with the scenario.

1. Water in the lake seeps into the cliff walls behind the dam, becoming groundwater, or evaporating into the air.

• Atmo

• Geo

• Bio

• Hydro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4